Answers from a Gluten Doctor – Part 5: Gluten Symptoms & Diet Cheating
With a holiday weekend coming up some of us may be tempted to stray from our gluten-free diets. What is it about holidays that make us think we can do or eat things we would not ordinarily do or eat? Read what Dr. Vikki Petersen has to say about how this affects us and answers a […]
Answers from a Gluten Doctor – Part 4: What About Dairy?
In part 4 of our series, renowned gluten sensitivity specialist, Dr. Vikki Petersen answers the question of consuming dairy for the gluten intolerant.
I can tolerate dairy fine but you still had me go off of it for 6 weeks in the beginning when I first went off gluten. Why? Is this something you would recommend to others?
Answers from a Gluten Doctor – Part 3: Now What?
Continuing on in our series of questions answered by renowned gluten doctor, Dr. Vikki Petersen, is the answer to the question “What now?” – just eliminating gluten from the diet and home is not enough as you are about to discover in Dr. Vikki’s answer. Once one has determined they have gluten sensitivity or celiac […]
Answers from a Gluten Doctor – Part 2: Diagnosis
Continuing with our discussion from highly acclaimed pioneer in the treatment of gluten sensitivity, Dr. Vikki Petersen, we tackle the often confusing subject of diagnosis.
Q. I recently had a blood test (ordered from another doctor) and he proceeded to tell me I tested negative for gluten intolerance. As we know, I have tested positive many times in the past and the simple truth is
Answers from a Gluten Doctor – Part 1: Common Symptoms
Meet Dr. Vikki Petersen. Dr. Petersen is a Chiropractor and Certified Clinical Nutritionist, is co-founder and co-director (along with her husband, Dr. Richard Petersen) of the renowned HealthNow Medical Center and acclaimed author of the book The Gluten Effect . Dr. Vikki (as she is known at her medical practice) is acknowledged as a pioneer […]
Hidden Infections and Gluten Intolerance
I’ve been a bad blogger! No post in ages. I just returned from a little family vacation in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was nice to go home again but the problem is that whenever I go back I am at a loss to see why I ever moved in the first place. I […]